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EDUCATIONAL  INFORMATION. 


Salem,  Oregon.  April  6,  1899. 

STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

T.  T.  Geer Governor 

F.  I.  Dunbar Secretary  of  state 

J.  H.  Ackerman State  superintendent  of  public  instruction 

STATE  BOARD  OF  EXAMINERS. 

Frank  Rigler Portland 

R.  F.  Robinson Portland 

Thomas  Newlin --• Newberg 

Thomas  M.  Gatcli Corvallis 

L.  H.  Baker Lebanon 

N.  L.  Narregan ^ Medford 

C.  A.  Hitchcock Ashland 

J.  A.  Churchill Baker  City 

E.  B.  Conklin Union 

MEETINGS  OF  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

I.  The  regular  meetings  of  the  state  board  of  education  are 
held  at  the  state  capitol  on  the  first  Monday  in  January  and 

July. 

II.  The  state  board  of  education  will  hold  meetings  on  the 
fourth  Wednesday  of  February  and  August  for  the  considera- 
tion of  applications  for  state  certificates  and  state  diplomas. 

III.  All  applicants  for  state  certificates  and  state  diplomas 
must  file  with  their  applications  satisfactory  evidence  that 
they  are  legally  entitled  to  such  certificates  or  diplomas. 

IV.  Teachers  presenting  authenticated  diplomas  or  cer- 
tificates from  other  states  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  diplo- 
mas or  certificates  of  like  grade  and  kind  from  this  board, 
must  furnish  proof  therewith,  satisfactory  to  the  board,  that 
such  diplomas  or  certificates  are  still  in  force,  and  that  the 
applicants  are  in  good  professional  standing,  and  of  good 
moral  character. 

V.  Each  application  for  a state  certificate  or  a state  dip- 


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loma  shall  be  in  writing,  on  blanks  furnished  by  the  state 
board  of  education  for  that  purpose,  and  such  application 
must  be  filed  with  the  secretary  of  the  board  at  least  five  days 
before  the  meeting  at  which  it  is  to  be  presented. 

PROVISIONS  FOR  STATE  CERTIFICATES  AND  STATE  DIPLOMAS. 

I.  The  state  board  of  'education  shall  have  power  to  grant 
state  certificates  and  state  diplomas  to  such  persons  as  are 
found  upon  examination  by  the  state  board  of  examiners,  here- 
inafter defined,  to  possess  a good  moral  character,  thorough 
scholarship  and  successful  experience  in  teaching.  The  ex- 
amination for  state  certificates  and  state  diplomas  shall  be 
upon  questions  prepared  by  the  state  board  of  examiners ; 
said  questions  shall  be  based  on  the  textbooks  adopted  by  the 
state  and  shall  cover  all  the  branches  required  for  a first-grade 
county  certificate,  and  in  addition  thereto,  algebra,  bookkeep- 
ing, composition,  physical  geography,  physics  and  psychol- 
ogy; those  for  state  diplomas,  in  addition  to  the  foregoing, 
botany,  plane  geometry,  general  history  and  English  litera- 
ture. Examinations  for  state  certificates  and  state  diplomas 
shall  be  conducted  in  accordance  with  the  rules  an(T  regula- 
tions adopted  by  the  state  board  of  education,  consistent  with 
the  laws  of  the  state. 

II.  A state  certificate  shall  authorize  the  holder  thereof  to 
teach  in  any  public  school  in  the  state  for  five  years  thereaf- 
ter, and  the  state  diploma  shall  confer  a like  authority  for  life. 
State  certificates  shall  be  granted  to  such  applicants,  only,  who 
have  had  thirty  months’  teaching  experience  with  approved 
success,  at  least  nine  of  which  shall  be  in  the  schools  of  Ore- 
gon, and  who  shall  make  an  average  of  eighty-five  per  cent, 
in  all  the  branches  herein  prescribed,  and  shall  not  fall  below 
seventy  per  cent,  in  any  one  branch. 

III.  State  diplomas  shall  be  granted  to  such  applicants, 
only,  as  have  had  at  least  sixty  months’  teaching  experience 
with  approved  success,  fifteen  of  which  shall  have  been  in  the 
schools  of  Oregon,  and  shall  have  made  an  average  of  eighty- 
five  per  cent,  in  all  branches  herein  prescribed  and  shall  not 
fall  below  seventy  per  cent,  in  any  one  branch.  Any  appli- 
cant for  a state  certificate  or  a state  diploma  who  shall  attain 
the  required  percentages  in  one  or  more  of  the  designated 
branches,  but  shall  fail  in  one  or  more  of  such  branches,  shall 
be  credited  with  such  required  percentages  and  shall  be  al- 
lowed to  complete  the  examination  in  the  remaining  branches 
at  the  two  following  examinations,  and  shall  then  receive  a 


state  certificate  or  state  diploma  in  accordance  with  the  result 
of  all  the  examinations. 

IV.  Applicants  for  a state  certificate  shall  pay  $4,  and  for 
a state  diploma  $6. 

V.  The  state  board  of  education  shall  appoint  not  less  than 
four  nor  more  than  nine  professional  teachers  to  assist  in  the 
examinations  for  state  papers,  who  shall  be  known  as  the  state 
board  of  examiners,  and  the  said  teachers  shall  receive  $5  per 
day  while  engaged  in  their  duties. 

VI.  The  state  board  of  education  may,  at  its  discretion, 
grant  without  examination  state  certificates  and  state  diplo- 
mas to  persons  presenting  authenticated  papers  from  other 
states  of  grade  and  kind  like  those  granted  by  the  state  board 
of  education  in  this  state;  provided,  that  the  state  board  of 
education  is  satisfied  that  said  papers  were  secured  by  passing 
an  examination  equivalent  to  that  given  by  the  state  board  of 
education  of  this  state  for  state  papers;  .provided,  that  the  state 
board  of  education  may,  at  its  discretion,  grant  a permit  for 
one  year  to  persons  who  hold  papers  of  the  grade  and  kind 
equivalent  to  the  state  certificate,  but  have  not  had  the  re- 
quisite amount  of  teaching  experience  in  Oregon  to  secure 
a state  certificate.  A permit  granted  by  the  board  shall  au- 
thorize the  holder  to  teach  in  any  public  school  in  the  state. 
Applicants  for  state  certificates  and  state  diplomas  must  pre- 
sent certificates  of  good  moral  character  and  that  they  have 
taught  successfully  in  their  several  counties,  from  the  county 
superintendents  of  all  the  counties  in  which  the  applicant  has 
taught  for  three  years  immediately  preceding  the  time  of  mak- 
ing such  application,  but  the  state  board,  if  otherwise  satisfied 
as  to  the  qualifications  of  said  applicant,  may  grant  the  certifi- 
cates or  diplomas  without  certificates  from  the  county  super- 
intendents. All  persons  holding  such  diplomas  or  certificates, 
before  engaging  to  teach  in  any  public  school  in  this  state, 
shall  present  such  diploma  or  certificate  to  the  superintend- 
ent of  the  county  in  which  the  holder  proposes  to  teach,  to 
be  registered  by  the  superintendent,  and  such  holders  of  dip- 
lomas and  certificates,  while  they  remain  in  such  county,  shall 
attend  institutes,  assist  in  institute  work  and  perform  such 
other  reasonable  duties  as  may  be  required  by  the  county 
superintendent,  the  same  as  other  teachers  of  the  county  are 
required  to  do. 

VII.  The  following  diplomas  shall  be  considered  equiva- 
lent to  the  teaching  experience  required  for  a state  certifi- 
cate: 


1.  Diplomas  from  the  regular  state  normal  schools. 

2.  Diplomas  from  any  normal  schools  in  the  state  whose 
requirements  for  admission  and  graduation,  including  train- 
ing-school experience,  are  equal  to  that  of  the  best  Oregon 
state  normal  schools,  as  determined  by  the  state  board  of  edu- 
cation. 

3.  Diplomas  from  any  chartered  institutions  of  this  state 
of  collegiate  or  university  grade  granted  upon  the  completion 
of  a course  consisting  of  at  least  five  years’  work  above  the 
eighth  grade  of  the  public  school  system  of  this  state,  on  the 
basis  of  twenty  recitations  per  week  and  thirty-two  weeks  per 
year,  the  state  board  of  education  being  the  judge  of  the 
standard  of  such  schools;  provided , that  this  section  shall  not 
be  so  construed  as  to  permit  the  issuance  of  any  state  certifi- 
cate or  state  diploma  without  the  examination  provided  for  in 
section  8 of  this  act;  provided,  further,  that  no  certificate  shall 
be  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  to  any  person  who 
is  not  twenty-one  years  of  age. 

4.  Holders  of  state  certificates  granted  under  the  provisions 
of  this  section  may  become  candidates  for  a st^te  diploma 
when  they  have  taught  thirty  months  with  approved  success 
from  the  date  of  their  state  certificate;  provided,  that  this  sec- 
tion shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  the  issuing  of  state 
diplomas  to  the  pupils  of  state  normal  schools  and  chartered 
institutions  who  may  graduate  from  such  institutions  before 
September  1,  1899,  under  the  provisions  of  acts  in  force  Feb- 
ruary 1,  1899. 

VIII.  Commencing  at  9 o’clock  on  the  second  Wednesday 
of  February  and  August,  and  continuing  three  days,  a public 
examination  of  applicants  for  teachers’  state  certificates  and 
state  diplomas  will  be  held  in  each  county. 

IX.  The  state  board  of  education  has  formulated  the  fol- 
lowing rules  relative  to  holders  of  state  certificates  and  state 
diplomas,  issued  prior  to  May  20,  1899  : 

1.  Persons  holding  state  certificates  under  the  provisions 
of  the  law  in  force  before  May  20,  1899,  and  possessing  the 
other  qualifications  for  a state  certificate  shall  be  granted  an- 
other state  certificate,  upon  passing  the  required  examination 
on  the  branches  prescribed  for  a state  certificate. 

2.  Persons  holding  state  certificates  under  the  provisions  of 
the  law  in  force  before  May  20,  1899,  and  possessing  the  other 
qualifications  for  a state  diploma,  shall  be  granted  another 
state  diploma,  upon  passing  the  required  examination  on  all 
the  branches  prescribed  for  a state  diploma. 


PROVISIONS  FOR  COUNTY  CERTIFICATES. 

Commencing  at  9 o’clock  on  the  second  Wednesday  of  the 
following  months,  viz.,  April  and  August  and  continuing 
three  days,  the  board  of  examiners  for  each  county  shall  hold 
a public  examination  of  applicants  for  teachers’  county  cer- 
tificates for  such  county,  using  the  questions  prepared  by  the 
state  board  of  examiners,  following  the  program  prescribed 
by  the  state  board  of  education,  at  such  place  in  the  county 
as  may  be  designated  by  the  superintendent.  Neither  the 
county  board  of  examiners,  nor  any  member  thereof,  shall  at 
any  time  grant  a private  examination  to  an  applicant  for  a 
teacher’s  certificate,  except  for  a temporary  permit,  as  herein- 
after provided.  At  least  ten  days’  notice  by  a publication  in 
a newspaper,  if  there  be  one  published  in  the  county,  shall 
be  given  by  the  superintendent,  at  the  expense  of  the  county, 
of  all  examinations.  The  board  of  examiners  shall  issue  cer- 
tificates of  such  general  form  as  the  state  board  of  education 
may  prescribe  to  all  such  applicants  as  are  found  upon  exam- 
ination to  possess  a good,  moral  character,  requisite  scholar- 
ship and  ability  to  teach  and  govern  successfully.  There 
shall  be  three  grades  of  certificates  granted  by  the  board,  at 
its  discretion,  and  subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the 
state  board  of  education  may  prescribe,  which  grades  of  cer- 
tificates shall  be  as  follows  : The  certificate  of  the  first  grade 

shall  be  granted  only  to  those  who  are  over  eighteen  years 
of  age  and  have  taught  twelve  school  months  with  approved 
success;  and  shall  be  valid  throughout  the  county  for  three 
years.  To  obtain  the  same,  an  applicant  shall  make  a general 
average  of  not  less  than  ninety  per  cent,  of  all  branches  pre- 
scribed by  law,  and  shall  not  fall  below  seventy  per  cent,  in 
any  one  branch ; provided , that  whenever  an  applicant  has 
upon  two  successive  examinations  received  ninety  per  cent, 
or  more  in  one  or  more  branches,  said  applicant  may,  in  the 
next  examination  thereafter,  be  excused  from  examination 
upon  such  branches  and  be  credited  with  the  standing  so 
earned ; provided , that  the  county  superintendent  may  en- 
dorse a first-grade  certificate  in  force  in  any  other  county  in 
the  state  without  examination,  and  said  endorsement  shall 
render  the  said  certificate  valid  in  his  county  during  the 
validity  of  the  original  certificate  ; provided,  that  the  super- 
intendent shall  have  power  to  revoke  said  certificate  for  the 
same  cause  and  in  like  manner  as  those  granted  by  the  county 
board  of  examiners  of  his  county  ; provided,  that  in  all  cases 


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where  a certificate  is  endorsed,  it  shall  be  registered  in  the 
office  of  the  county  superintendent  of  such  other  county,  in 
a book  provided  for  such  purpose.  The  date  of  such  regis- 
tration must  be  endorsed  by  the  superintendent  on  the  back 
of  the  certificate,  and  without  such  registration  and  endorse- 
ment no  first-grade  certificate  shall  be  valid  in  any  county 
except  the  one  for  which  it  was  issued.  A fee  of  $1  shall  be 
paid  to  the  superintendent  by  the  teacher  whose  certificate  is 
registered  and  endorsed. 

SECOND  GRADE. 

A certificate  of  the  second  grade  shall  be  granted  only  to 
those  who  have  attained  to  the  age  of  eighteen  years  and  have 
taught  at  least  three  school  months  with  ability  and  success, 
and  shall  be  valid  throughout  the  county  for  two  years.  To 
obtain  the  same  an  applicant  shall  make  an  average  of  not 
less  than  eighty  per  cent,  in  all  branches  prescribed  by  law 
and  shall  not  fall  below  sixty  per  cent,  in  any  one  branch. 
Such  certificate  shall  not  be  renewed,  nor  shall  any  person  be 
entitled  to  receive  more  than  one  second-grade  in  any  one 
county;  provided , that  more  than  one  second-grade  certificate 
may  be  issued  to  the  same  person  in  a count/ on  a regular 
public  examination,  as  herein  set  forth,  if  such  person  has  not 
had  the  requisite  experience  for  a first-grade  certificate. 

THIRD  GRADE. 

A certificate  of  the  third  grade  shall  be  issued  only  to  those 
who  have  attained  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  Such  certifi- 
cate shall  be  valid  for  one  year.  To  obtain  the  same  an  appli- 
cant shall  make  an  average  of  not  less  than  seventy  per  cent, 
in  all  branches  prescribed  by  law,  and  shall  not  fall  below 
fifty-five  per  cent,  in  any  one  branch.  Such  certificates  shall 
not  be  renewed,  nor  shall  any  person  be  entitled  to  receive 
more  than  one  third-grade  certificate  in  any  one  county;  pro- 
vided, that  more  than  one  third-grade  certificate  may  be 
issued  to  the  same  person  on  a regular  examination  as  here 
set  forth,  if  such  person  has  not  had  the  requisite  teaching 
experience  required  for  a second-grade  certificate. 

PRIMARY. 

A certificate  to  be  known  as  a primary  certificate  shall  be 
issued  to  applicants  therefor  upon  passing  an  examination 
upon  the  subjects  of  reading,  writing,  orthography,  the  art  of 


questioning,  theory  and  practice  of  teaching  and  methods, 
which  certificate  shall  authorize  the  bearer  to  teach  in  the 
primary  departments  of  the  state,  not  beyond  the  third  grade; 
provided,  the  applicant  pass  such  examination  with  an  average 
of  eighty-five  per  cent.;  provided , that  such  teacher  shall  only 
be  authorized  to  teach  in  a graded  school  as  an  assistant 
teacher. 

TEMPORARY  CERTIFICATES. 

A temporary  permit  may  be  issued  by  the  county  superin- 
tendent in  case  of  necessity,  valid  only  in  the  county  where 
issued,  and  valid  only  until  the  next  regular  public  examina- 
tion held  by  the  county  by  board  of  examiners  for  such 
county.  A teacher  shall  not  be  entitled  to  receive  more  than 
two  temporary  permits  in  a county,  nor  shall  an  applicant 
who  failed  at  the  last  regular  public  examination  held  by 
the  board  of  examiners  for  any  county  be  entitled  to  receive 
a temporary  permit  for  that  or  any  other  county  in  the  state; 
provided,  that  a fee  of  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  ( $2.50  ) for 
each  temporary  permit  shall  be  paid  by  the  applicant  to  the 
county  school  superintendent,  who  shall  pay  the  same  to  the 
county  treasurer,  taking  his  receipt  therefor,  and  all  such 
fees  shall  be  credited  to  the  county  institute  fund. 


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COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENTS. 

Elected  June  6, 1898. 


Postoffice. 

County. 

Baker  City 

Baker 

Corvallis 

Ben  ton 

Oregon  City 

Clackamas 

Sven son 

Clatsop  _ 

Honlton 

Columbia 

McKinley 

Loos 

Prineville 

Crook  

Langlois 

Curry 

B.osehnrg 

Douglas 

Arlington 

Gilliam 

Prairie  City 

Grant  _ __ 

Burns 

Harney 

Med  ford 

Jackson  

Josephine  ' 

Kerhy 

Klamath  Falls— 
La, ke  view 

Klamath 

Lake 

Eugene 

Lane 

Newport 

Lincoln 

Alhauiy 

Linn  

On  ta.ri  o 

Malheur 

Salem 

Marion 

Heppner 

M orrow 

Port!  and 

Multnomah 

Dallas 

Polk  _ _ 

Moro 

Sherman 

Tillamook 

Tillamook 

Pendleton 

Umatilla, 

. Union 

Union 

Joseph 

Wallowa, 

The  Dalles 

Wasco 

Hillsboro 

AVashington 

. McMinnville 

Yamhill 

Fossil  _ 

Wheeler 

County  superintendent. 


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W.  R.  Privett 

George  W.  Denman. 

W.  W.  Bowland 

Joseph  T.  Lee 

I.  H.  Copeland 

W.  H.  Bunch 

William  Johnson--. 
William  S.  Guerin— 

Douglas  Waite 

E.  B.  Daggett 

R.  D.  Williams 

W.  C.  Byrd 

G.  A.  Gregory 

J.  D.  Hayes 

P.  L.  Fountain 

J.  Q.  Will  its 

William  M.  Miller— 
George  Bethers 

A.  S.  McDonald 

B.  L.  Milligan 

G.  W.  Jones 

J.  W.  Shipley 

A-  P.  Armstrong 


W.  H.  Ragsdale. 
George  B.  Lamb. 

J.  F.  Nowlin 

E.  E.  Bragg 

J.  C.  Conley 

C.  L.  Gilbert 

H.  A.  Ball 

E.  V.  Littlefield- 
O.  B.  Miles 


